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| Wyverstone weapons haul: Firearms dealer Anthony Buckland jailed | |
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| An arms dealer who supplied some of the firearms that made up the UK's biggest stash of illegal weapons has been jailed for six years. | An arms dealer who supplied some of the firearms that made up the UK's biggest stash of illegal weapons has been jailed for six years. |
| Anthony Buckland 65, shook uncontrollably as he was sentenced at Norwich Crown Court. | |
| Police had found more than 400 firearms at the home of another man, James Arnold, in Wyverstone, Suffolk, in April 2014. | |
| Arnold, 49, had faced charges, but he died from cancer before going to court. | |
| Buckland, of Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, was found guilty of 11 counts of selling a prohibited weapon and nine counts of fraud. | Buckland, of Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, was found guilty of 11 counts of selling a prohibited weapon and nine counts of fraud. |
| Live: More on the UK's largest weapons haul | |
| Police uncovered rifles, machine guns and an anti-tank missile, along with 200,000 rounds of ammunition in a secret room at Arnold's home. | Police uncovered rifles, machine guns and an anti-tank missile, along with 200,000 rounds of ammunition in a secret room at Arnold's home. |
| They had originally called at Arnold's home in April 2014 to revoke his legally-held firearms licence after reports of a domestic incident. | They had originally called at Arnold's home in April 2014 to revoke his legally-held firearms licence after reports of a domestic incident. |
| Over the next six weeks officers searched his home, carrying out controlled explosions and discovering a secret room hidden behind a false wall in his kitchen. | Over the next six weeks officers searched his home, carrying out controlled explosions and discovering a secret room hidden behind a false wall in his kitchen. |
| Suffolk Police said had the weapons fallen into the wrong hands, there would have been enough to arm nine coach-loads of terrorists. | |
| Chief Superintendent David Skevington said Arnold never offered any explanation, but said he had come by the weapons years ago, and wanted to keep them safe. | |
| He said: "We have asked every question and followed every line of inquiry and have found no evidence of a criminal or terrorist motive. | |
| "The best explanation to date is that he was a collector and a hoarder who collected these weapons in the way some people collect stamps." |